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Add some stuff so that we don't have to traverse over a list to determine whether a node in the buddylist has a conversation for it or not. Instead, maintain the information about conversations with the blist-node's ui-data. Looking at the ui-data can thus quickly tell us whether there's any hidden conversation with the node. We can also use this for other purposes later.

For information on writing a plugin for Purple, Pidgin or Finch, go
http://developer.pidgin.im and click on API.  From there, see the HOWTOs in the
"Related Pages" section.

You can also generate this documentation locally by installing
doxygen and graphviz dot, then running "make docs" in the
source tree.  The documentation will be in the docs/html directory.